Fabric glove and method of producing the same



Sept. 14, 1943. A. CHARNEY FABRIC GLOVE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME Filed April 7, 1941 Jive, Jaron 6%ar/zy: v

Patented Sept. 14, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT- FAB-Bro GLOVE AND METHOD or. 1/ raonuomo THE SAME Aaron'Charney, chimed n1. 7 'Application AprilV, 1941,,sae1m. isms,

5 Claims. (01. it-169 My invention relates to improved methods of making woven or like fabric gloves and to new fabric gloves made in accordance with such methods. I i I I Y In order to make a satisfactory dresser-semidress glove, it .is essential that a ,fabric be em- 4 ployed which does not'possessfstretch in a direction running longitudinally of thepattern, that .ls, along the length of thefingers; but whichdoes possess stretch in a transvers direction. By

stretch, is meant sufiicient extensibility so that the fabric is stretchable to .a substantial extent, preferably with at least some resiliency so that the fabric, having been stretched or extended,

will, in .part at least, return to its normal un- I stretched position. v

Because of the characteristics considered es- .sentialin a glove .fa br'i it h'as heretofor'e been impossible to produce a satisfactory glove from a woven fabric material, such as cotton or the'like,

which has .a, tight warpland woof. This type of material is only very slightly extensibleeither longitudinal or transverselyr Thedmpossibility of using such .materialslin the past has resulted in restricting very definitely the materials adapthand.

1 is aplan view-indicating the 'manner in which strips are cut fromlthe cloth;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of the strips before it/has been treated to modify its shape and stretchingcharacteristics; V r p K Fig. '31s a plan view of. the same strip as that shown in Fig. 2, but illustrating its conformation latter its stretching characteristics have been ed for use in the production of fabric gloves, .not-

withstanding the fact that among these Woven materials with a relatively tight .or substantially non-stretchable warp and. woof are many .ma

terials which, considering their finish,=color. rela .4, tively low price and other factors, would be ideal materials for making certain types of fabric gloves.

The principal object provision of .an improved method ofmaking fah ric gloves.

of my invention the.

Another objectiis to produce a satisfactory, sal- I able glove .from relatively tightly woventsubstan- F tially non-stretchable ,materials heretofore consiclered useless for the productionxof dress or semi-dress or fittedgloves; v k

A further object is the provision of a method of producing ,a glove whichis particularl adapted for use with tightly woven, sulbstantially stretchable fabrics. w

In carrying out .my invention. I treat the cloth so that it will possess stretch in one direction but, in a direction at right angles thereto. it will not possess stretch. To this end l first out the cloth in strips running along theliias whereby, both longitudinally and transversely of the result-' iug strips, the cloth becomes stretchable. lithen treat-the strips toremove the stretch in one direction, out the glove patterns therefrom so that the patterns run in a direction in which the modified; l. v

Fig. 4 shows the manner in which the glove patterns are laid out on the. treated strip and cut therefrom; and l, V r l,

Fig. 5 is 'a view' of the completedglove.

Incarrying out "the method of ,my invention, .I utilize a strip of cloth L0 having a tight warp and woof and therefore substantially nonstret'c'hahlein atransvers'e or .a longitudinal direction. Ithencut- 'stfips H from this cloth on the bias, these strips,. as'shown,,being out parallel to thelinea but'transversely of the line-b. These strips are removed and will then have generally the shape shown inFigL. 2,1 which, for purposes of 'illustration has been enlarged. On Fig. 2;,I show the line a1, which illustrates the bias line, now running longitudinally of the strip l, and the "line b, illustrating' the bias in the opposite direction, nowrunningtransversely of the strip/H. These lines correspond tokthedotted lines a and b identifying the parts in theifu'll strip 40. l

l The next step ofthe' method is to remove all of the fs'tretchf along .eithen'but not both, the line a'" or the line b" and to produce a strip. ll

' fromgvvhichtheglove patterns may be cutand'a satisfactory glove produced. 1 I find that there are several way in which this may be accomplished, .it being kept in mind that, ordinarily. mere mechanical stretching will not produce the desired result. I have found that the preferred and least expensive method is to uniformly moisten the strip l,l s tretch it longitudinallmthat is, in a direction along the lines substantially the maximum amount, and hold the strip in stretched condition until it is dry. The strip may be ironed while it is in stretched condition to accelerate its setting in permanently stretched condition. It may be treated with several types of substances, such as sizing or the like, to facilitate the setting operation. Whatever the specific means employed may be, the purpose is to produce a strip l i, such as shown in Fig. 3,'which, because ithas been stretched, will b longer but narrower than the strip H and will be stretchable in a transverse direction but not in a longitudinal direction.

The strip ll having been so produced, the next step is to lay out glove patterns and cut the glove parts therefrom. I show in the drawing a combination palm and back pattern l2, a thumb pattern l3, and a number of fourchettes M. It will be noted that all of these patterns run longitudinally of the strip II, that is to say, in the direction in which .the strip H has substantially no stretch. These patterns are then sewed together in the usual manner to produce ,a glove 15.

The glove [5 produced I in accordance with this method from the described material is sub.- stantially nonstretchable in the direction shown by the single arrow 0 near the fingers. Transversely of the glove, in the direction of the double arrow at, however, the-material of the glove is stretchable. Because of the treatment of the fabric, however, the glove in this direction also possesses a certain amount of resiliency so that it will shape itself to the hand and adjust itselfto movement of the hand. I call attention again, however, to the fact that, along the direction of both the arrows c and d, the material of the glove is on the bias.

By means of the present invention,.I have been able to produce very desirable gloves from many types of materials which. heretofore have i not been considered suitable glove materials.

Thus, for example, I have been able to produce,

relatively inexpensive dress gloves having a great demand and ready sale. 7 While the specific details which I have disclosed hereinabove may be followed to' produce the most satisfactory results, those skilled in the art will understand that the general principles of the invention may be modified somewhat without departing from the spirit thereof. As an example, it is not essential that the strips H.) be utilized in the same form and shape that I disclose them, and it is possible to take a relatively quite large section of cloth and impart a permanent stretch to it along one bias line, and

cut the gloves directly from such relatively large section of cloth. In producing gloves, it is a frequent practice to cut severalpatterns atone time from a stack of several thicknesses of cloth. I may employ many of these common expedients without departing essentially from' the teachings of the invention.

While I have described my invention in de' tailed form, the full scope of the invention. is not to be limited other than as is definedby the claims.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. The method of producing gloves from a fabric having substantially no stretch along the warp or Woof but stretchable along the bias in either direction, which includes the steps of removing the stretch in one direction along the bias, cutting glove patterns from such fabric so that the length of the resulting glove patterns runs along the bias in said direction in which the stretch has been removed, and sewing said patterns to produce the gloves, the construction being such that the sewing threads will not readily break when stress is applied to the glove material in the direction of the length of the glove.

2. Ina method of making gloves from a woven or like fabric of the type which does not possess stretch in either a longitudinal or transverse direction and, wherein, after cutting the glove patterns, .the latter are sewed to form gloves, the steps which include cutting said fabric on a bias whereby to produce strips having stretch in both the longitudinal and transverse directions, moistening said fabricg stretching said moistened fabric strips in a single direction and maintaining the same in stretched condition while drying, whereby, after drying, the strips possess stretch in only one direction, and then cutting glove patterns from said fabric strips so that the'remaining stretch is in the direction of the width of the resulting glove patterns.

3. In a method of making gloves from a woven cotton or like fabric which, as woven, does not possess "stretch in either a longitudinal or transverse direction and wherein, after cutting the glove patterns, the latter are sewed to form gloves, the steps which include cutting said fabric on a bias so as to impart thereto stretch characteristics in both longitudinal and transverse directions, removing the stretch from the said out fabric in only one of the said directions by a procedure which includes the moistening of the fabric, and cutting glove patterns from said fabric sothat the stretch along the other of said directions lies along the width of the resulting glove patterns.

4. A method of making 'gloves from a woven or like fabric of a type which does not possess stretch in either a longitudinal or transverse direction, which includes the steps of cutting said fabri-c on a bias whereby the said fabric acquires stretch in both the longitudinal and transverse directions, moistening said out fabric, stretching said moistened fabric in a single direction so as to remove the stretch" in only one "of said directions, then cutting glove patterns from said fabric so that the remaining stretch is in the directionof the width of the resulting I glove patterns, and sewing said patterns to produce the gloves, the construction being such that the sewing threads will not readily break when stress is applied to the glove material in the direction of the length of the glove.

5. A method of making gloves from awoven or like fabric of a type which does not possess "stretch in either a longitudinal or transverse direction. which includesthe steps. of cutting said fabric ona bias whereby the said fabric acquires stretch in both the longitudinal and transverse directions, removing the stretch from said out fabric in only one of said directions, then cutting glove patterns from said "fabric so that the remaining stretch is in the direction of the width ,of the resulting glove patterns, andsewing said-patterns to produce the gloves, the construction being such that the sewing threads will not readily break when stress is applied to the glove material in the direction of the length of the glove.

' AARON CHARNEY 

